After several decisions were made regarding the settlement of Goguryeo territory, Li Zhiyun then began to discuss with the prime ministers what to do next, or in other words, whether to destroy Silla and Baekje immediately, or wait a year before taking action.
Xue Shu said: "As Your Majesty said, Goguryeo has been established for a long time, and it is feared that its people will not be able to return home and change again, so it is better to wait for it to stabilize before making plans for Silla and Baekje."
Li Jing shook his head and said: "Silla and Baekje regard each other as enemy bandits at this time. Our court can help Silla by annihilating Baekje, occupying its land, moving its people, and isolating Silla. We can launch troops against Silla in the future."
It won’t take any effort. If it drags on for a long time, Silla and Baekje might end up hugging each other for warmth and becoming hostile to our court.”
Everyone was slightly silent, unable to make an immediate decision.
What Xue Shou and Li Jing said are actually reasonable, but their starting points are different. Xue Shou started from stability. After all, it will take time to completely settle the people of Goguryeo. If Baekje is taken over at this time, it will add to the burden. If it
Once the people of the old land rebelled, the imperial court would have to suppress them, which would be a waste of time.
Li Jing, on the other hand, planned to destroy Baekje from a strategic perspective. The next time he attacks Silla, they will be isolated and helpless, thus minimizing unnecessary variables.
One is to decide to digest it slowly, and the other is to decide to settle everything first and then digest it slowly.
Du Ruhui asked: "Prime Minister Li, if we raise troops now, how long will it take to defeat Baekje and Silla?"
Li Jing thought for a while and said: "It won't take long, at most two months. Goguryeo is stronger than Baekje and Silla. In addition, Silla and Baekje have been fighting for years, and there is not much power that can resist our army. The only thing is that Goguryeo is stronger than Baekje and Silla.
What we need to worry about is how to stabilize that area after taking over Baekje Silla. This is the top priority."
"This is exactly what I am worried about." Xue Sang sighed: "I am not worried about whether I can conquer Baekje Silla, but I am worried about how to be stable after conquering it. Whether it is Goguryeo or Baekje Silla, it is actually neither
I faced my opponents, but they and
The grasslands are different. These three small foreign countries have been established for a while and have some public support. If they are not handled properly, I am afraid that the area will not be peaceful. As a result, the cost of settling them in the future will probably be higher than that of my court.
Shoot down more.”
Li Jing nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, but I didn't think about it."
"No, no, aren't we solving problems for His Majesty?" Xue Fang said with a smile.
Li Zhiyun nodded and said: "The truth becomes clearer the more we argue. Although the two beauties have different ideas, they both want to resolve this matter. I think it is better to settle this matter once and for all."
Hearing this, everyone immediately understood that the emperor was determined to completely resolve the matter there.
"I obey your orders."
Soon, Li Zhiyun issued an order and ordered soldiers and horses to escort the imperial edict to Goguryeo and hand it over to Li Junxian and Xu Shiji, so that they could prepare to capture Baekje Silla.
For Li Zhiyun, it is better to solve the matter there at once. If it drags on, Baekje and Silla may form a group to protect themselves. At that time, it will only increase the difficulty for themselves for no reason. There is really no need for it.
At the same time, envoys from Silla and Baekje brought back the replies given by the generals of the Tang Dynasty.
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When Buyeo Yiji heard that the Tang Dynasty would not intervene in their war with Silla, he was not overjoyed, but began to have doubts.
"Brother, isn't this a good thing?" Fuyuhe asked in confusion.
"It's a good thing, but I'm worried that the good thing is actually a bad thing." Fuyu Yiji sighed: "I'm not sure, the Tang Dynasty deliberately said this, let us fight to the death with Silla, so that they can eradicate us in one fell swoop."
"Ah?" Fu Yuhe was shocked, "This shouldn't happen, right? The Tang Dynasty wouldn't be so unfaithful."
"Who can tell for sure." Fuyu Yici sneered, "Whoever is stronger will naturally have the truth. Think about it, once the Tang Dynasty did this, who can blame them and who will help us? In the final analysis
, or we can’t defeat the Tang Dynasty, so the Tang Dynasty can give us any promises we want, and they can deny this promise at any time.”
Fuyuhe understood and immediately said: "Brother, we should withdraw our troops to prepare for possible attacks by the Tang Dynasty."
"I'm afraid not." Fuyu Yiji said bitterly: "With Silla's current murderous intention towards us, even if we withdraw our troops, they will not let us go easily. This war will break out sooner or later, and now we can only
It’s just a matter of time.”
He had never thought that it would become like this. In other words, he had never thought that Goguryeo was so weak in front of the Tang Dynasty. It could even be said that it had no power to fight back. As long as Goguryeo could block it for a while, the current situation would not be the same.
We shouldn't be so passive. We couldn't defeat Silla, and there was also the threat of the Tang Dynasty. It was simply a dilemma.
Seemingly seeing his elder brother's dilemma, Fuyuhe gritted his teeth and said: "Brother, how about we fight with the Tang Dynasty. We can only die, so why bother to worry too much. The more timid we are, the better the Tang Dynasty will think of us.
Bullying, as long as the Tang Dynasty takes action, we will fight to the death and let the people of the Tang Dynasty know that we are not easy to bully."
Fuyu Yici looked at his younger brother and nodded heavily, "That's right!"
He figured out that Baekje's choice was either to surrender or to resist. There was no third way.
Surrender is impossible. Once surrendered, according to the Tang Dynasty's approach, all the Baekje royal family will definitely be escorted to Chang'an. If you are lucky, you may be put under house arrest. If you are not lucky, it will be a dead end.
As for resistance, although the chance of winning is slim, there is still a glimmer of hope.
At this moment, everyone in Silla was extremely happy. Because they had received the promise from the Tang Dynasty, they no longer had to fear Baekje, their mortal enemy. With the Tang Dynasty around, Baekje would never dare to be presumptuous.
"When will the Tang army send troops?" Jin Chunqiu asked the envoy.
The envoy said: "The generals of the Tang Dynasty said that they have just captured Goguryeo, and it may take some time to appease its people."
Jin Yuxin on the other side sneered: "I'm afraid it's not comfort, but suppression."
The Tang army destroyed Goguryeo and even tried to appease the people of Goguryeo. It was clear that they were suppressing the disobedient Goguryeo nobles and even persecuting them.
Any words of comfort are just excuses.
Jin Chunqiu frowned slightly and said: "No matter what, it is a good thing since the Tang army agreed to help us. You have to know that if the Tang army had not appeared, Baekje would definitely continue to attack us now."
Jin Yuxin did not refute this.
Because of the appearance of the Tang army, the Baekje army really does not dare to act rashly now. Otherwise, according to Buyeo Yiji's approach, the war will definitely continue now. Although he is not afraid of Buyeo Yiji, and he wants to avenge Jin Qinchun, Silla's
The situation is not so good.
Jin Chunqiu walked: "The Tang army is strong, our army is weak, the Tang Dynasty is strong, and our country is weak, so we can't be arrogant. From now on, forget what happened before, and wholeheartedly form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty to win Baekje. That's the real thing. Put it aside other things."
Yes, don’t mention it again in the future, so as not to hurt the harmony between the two countries."
"You are really generous." Jin Yuxin pouted.
Hearing this, Jin Chunqiu stopped talking. He really didn't want to talk too much meaningless nonsense at this time. Besides, he also understood the impact of Jin Qinchun's death on Jin Yuxin.
Even though what the other party said now was all nonsense to him, he still didn't want to cause internal discord at this juncture. This chapter has been completed!